Piedmont Men of Steel

Ricky Durham let the men this evening opening with an update on our jail ministry reporting that attendance was so enthusiastic that they didn’t have enough room to take all the men who were interested in attending. We also received an update and a good word from Pastor Greg who has been doing well in physical therapy and was able to return to Men of Steel for the first time since his car accident. Praise God. For the message, brother Ricky gave a word comparing our earthy fathers and our inherent sin......

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This week, Aaron led the men in a lesson comparing the wisdom of the world to passages in the Bible. We discussed the flaws in the world’s wisdom and how God’s wisdom is better. World’s Wisdom: “Follow your heart.” Jeremiah 17:9The human heart is the most deceitful of all things, and desperately wicked. Who really knows how bad it is?Matthew 4:19Jesus called out to them, “Come, follow me, and I will show you how to fish for people!” World’s Widsom: “Go with your gut.” Matthew 16:24Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If......

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Aaron opened the meeting with a table discussion from Ephesians 2 about how we’re saved from sin by God’s grace and not our own value or actions. Following this idea, Aaron then led the men in a message from Philippians 2 about how the posture of our attitude and choices should reflect that grace so the world can see Jesus through us. Ephesians 2:4-104. But God is so rich in mercy, and he loved us so much, 5. that even though we were dead because of our sins, he gave us life......

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Brother Lars led the men with a message from the book of Revelation, chapter 21. We discussed how heaven itself represents a space full of the presence of God like the temple in Jerusalem but incredibly larger and in this place we will be reconciled to God without sin so there will be no more barrier separating us from the Father. And we reviewed the symbolic nature of the physical design described in Revelation as it represents the tribes of Israel and the apostles. Revelation 211. Then I saw a new heaven......

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Brother Will led the men in a guided night of prayer on this evening in which we took a moment in prayer to focus on specific passages of scripture. First we focused on prayers of praise and thanksgiving, then we confessed sins to one another in repentance and then gave them to the Lord in prayers asking for His forgiveness. We wrapped up the evening praying for one another and giving our cares and worries to God, trusting Him to see us through. Psalm 1501. Praise the Lord! Praise God in his......

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We started the evening with a table discussion on a passage in Matthew 5 about sin in our own lives and what it means to genuinely flee from it. Aaron led the men in a powerful word accompanied by a sermon excerpt about Jesus and the thieves on the cross. We looked at how Jesus is the only way that any of us may enter heaven and how it’s not by our own saving of our souls but by His paying the price for our sins that we’re able to be redeemed.......

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On this night we opened with a table discussion which lead directly into a word delivered by brother Heath Rudd on how we’re called to live a transformed life. Even though you accept salvation through Jesus, temptation and sin still exists. As believers, one of the most powerful weapons against sin in your life is to take up your metaphorical cross and follow the example of Jesus in how you live and the decisions you make. Because we have received salvation, we should fight the ways of the world from a position......

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Pastor Greg led the men this evening in a message on the story of the potter and the clay from the book of Jeremiah. When you feel like things have gone wrong and you’ve lost your way, always remember that the Lord is like the potter and his skilled hands are strong enough to reform us back into His perfect vision. There’s never a place too far away from God to reach you and bring you back. Jeremiah 18:1-61. The Lord gave another message to Jeremiah. He said, 2. “Go down to......

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As is our tradition for the last meeting before Easter, we had a food washing ceremony this evening. The Men of Steel Leadership Council washed the feet of the men following the example set by Jesus’s act toward his disciples before he was crucified. In addition to foot washing, every man’s needs were prayed over individually. We closed the meeting by taking communion together. John 13:1-171. Before the Passover celebration, Jesus knew that his hour had come to leave this world and return to his Father. He had loved his disciples during......

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